President Jordan Lyman
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President Jordan Lyman is the fictional U.S. president at the center of the political thriller "Seven Days in May," who faces an attempted military coup against his administration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| President Jordan Lyman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9568020 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: President Jordan Lyman Context triple: [Seven Days in May, featuresCharacter, President Jordan Lyman]
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A.
President Trevor Potter
President Trevor Potter is a prominent American lawyer and former Federal Election Commission chairman known for his leadership in campaign finance reform and advocacy for transparent, accountable elections.
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B.
Pierce Bush
Pierce Bush is an American businessman and philanthropist, known for leading the nonprofit organization Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star and for being a member of the Bush political family.
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C.
President Tom Beck
President Tom Beck is a fictional U.S. president portrayed by Morgan Freeman in the 1998 science-fiction disaster film "Deep Impact."
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D.
President Merkin Muffley
President Merkin Muffley is the mild-mannered, rational but increasingly exasperated U.S. president in Stanley Kubrick’s satirical film "Dr. Strangelove," famously portrayed by Peter Sellers.
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E.
President Alan Richmond
President Alan Richmond is the fictional, morally corrupt U.S. president and primary antagonist in the political thriller film "Absolute Power."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: President Jordan Lyman Target entity description: President Jordan Lyman is the fictional U.S. president at the center of the political thriller "Seven Days in May," who faces an attempted military coup against his administration.
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A.
President Trevor Potter
President Trevor Potter is a prominent American lawyer and former Federal Election Commission chairman known for his leadership in campaign finance reform and advocacy for transparent, accountable elections.
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B.
Pierce Bush
Pierce Bush is an American businessman and philanthropist, known for leading the nonprofit organization Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star and for being a member of the Bush political family.
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C.
President Tom Beck
President Tom Beck is a fictional U.S. president portrayed by Morgan Freeman in the 1998 science-fiction disaster film "Deep Impact."
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D.
President Merkin Muffley
President Merkin Muffley is the mild-mannered, rational but increasingly exasperated U.S. president in Stanley Kubrick’s satirical film "Dr. Strangelove," famously portrayed by Peter Sellers.
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E.
President Alan Richmond
President Alan Richmond is the fictional, morally corrupt U.S. president and primary antagonist in the political thriller film "Absolute Power."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional U.S. president
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Seven Days in May
ⓘ
Seven Days in May (1962 novel) ⓘ
linked to:
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May (1964 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Seven Days in May
|
| associatedWith |
Pentagon (fictional context)
ⓘ
linked to:
Pentagon
United States Senate (fictional political context) ⓘ
linked to:
United States Senate
|
| conflict | attempted military coup ⓘ |
| countryGoverned | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Charles W. Bailey II
ⓘ
Fletcher Knebel ⓘ |
| depictsIssue |
limits of military authority in a democracy
ⓘ
tension between national security and civil liberties ⓘ |
| facesOppositionFrom |
U.S. military leadership (fictional)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Armed Forces leadership
|
| fictionalEra | Cold War ⓘ |
| fictionalOfficeLocation |
The White House
ⓘ
linked to:
White House
|
| fictionalSuccessorOrPredecessorStatus | unspecified in canon ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearOfSourceWork | 1964 (film) ⓘ |
| governingChallenge |
maintaining civilian control of the military
ⓘ
managing public opinion during crisis ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United States government ⓘ |
| hasFictionalSecurityDetail | United States Secret Service ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | defender of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| opponent | General James Mattoon Scott ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | moderate ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Fredric March ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of the United States ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1962 (novel) ⓘ |
| riskFaced | overthrow of his administration ⓘ |
| setIn |
Washington, D.C. (fictional depiction)
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
| storyResolutionRole |
exposes coup plot
ⓘ
preserves constitutional order ⓘ |
| supports | arms control treaty ⓘ |
| themeContext |
civil-military relations
ⓘ
constitutional crisis ⓘ nuclear disarmament ⓘ |
| workOfFictionGenre | political thriller ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: President Jordan Lyman Description of subject: President Jordan Lyman is the fictional U.S. president at the center of the political thriller "Seven Days in May," who faces an attempted military coup against his administration.
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